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Langston Hughes Library
The Langston Hughes Library is a private non-circulating library designed by Maya Lin, and located on the Haley Farm in Clinton, TN. It contains a 5,000-volume reference collection focusing on works by African-American authors and illustrator, and books focused on the Black experience.〔from http://www.childrensdefense.org/who-is-cdf/cdf-contacts-state-offices/cdf-haley-farm/〕
==Location and history==
Haley farm was once owned by writer Alex Haley, and was purchased by the Children’s Defense Fund in 1994.〔Lamb, Y. R. (1994, June 30). CURRENTS; A New Role for Alex Haley’s Farm. New York Times, p. C3.〕 It is now run as a retreat center, with training and conference facilities, the Riggio-Lynch Interfaith Chapel, guest cottages, and the library. The farm consists of surrounded by ridges of the Appalachian mountains, and is north of Knoxville.〔from http://www.childrensdefense.org/who-is-cdf/cdf-contacts-state-offices/cdf-haley-farm/; Lamb, 1994.〕 The grounds of the farm include streams, a lake, an apple orchard, and a ropes course.〔Lamb, 1994; Abif, K. K. (2002, February) Respite on the farm. American Libraries, 33(2), 52-54.〕
The Langston Hughes Library was dedicated on March 19, 1999. The dedication ceremony was attended by such important figures as Maya Angelou, Hillary Rodham Clinton, John Franklin, and Toni Morrison.〔http://www.e-zing.net/LHL/history.htm〕 The Children’s Defense Fund and its sister organization, the Black Community Crusade for Children, run this library "as an incubator for the CDF’s “Leave No Child Behind” movement.〔Abif, 2002, p. 52〕

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